Fluor-Led A27/A1 Motorways Widening Project Opens to Traffic in the Netherlands

Fluor Corporation’s project to widen and upgrade A27/A1 motorways in the Netherlands has officially opened to traffic. The upgraded motorways connect Utrecht North and the Eemnes Junction, as well as the A1 motorway between the Eemnes Junction and the Bunschoten-Spakenburg connection. The project was awarded in 2016 by the directorate-general for infrastructure and water management of the Netherlands [Rijkswaterstaat] to the 3Angle B.V. special purpose company, comprising Fluor, 3i Infrastructure and Heijmans Capital. Construction of more than 23 kilometers (14.3 miles) of motorway has now been completed, increasing the A27 to two three-lane traffic lanes and the A1 motorway to … Read more

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Printing Starts for World’s First 3-D Printed Cycle Bridge in Netherlands

On June 16, BAM Infra, one of Royal BAM Group’s operating companies in the Netherlands, began to 3-D print the world’s first fully structurally pre-stressed concrete cycle bridge. This cycle bridge has been developed by BAM Infra in cooperation with TU Eindhoven and is part of Gemert Noord-Om, a project being carried out for the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. Gemert Noord-Om is a northern ring road that links Boekelseweg road (N605) and the N272 road which runs to the southeast of Gemert. Less waste, fewer scarce raw materials The bridge will be eight meters long and, by using 3-D printing, … Read more

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